On this day, In 2006 Sri Lanka broke the world record for the highest one-day international total in their match against Netherlands at Amstelveen four days after battering England into 5-0 whitewash. SL went past the mark of 438 set by South Africa at Johannesburg in March.
Sanath Jayasuriya led the way with a turbo-charged 157 off 104 balls while Tillakaratne Dilshan flayed the bowling with an equally crazy 117 off 79 balls. The Sri Lankans set the record in the final over, four months after the match between Australia and South Africa at the Wanderers on March 12 where both teams went past 400.
Sri Lanka 443 for 9 (Jayasuriya 157, Dilshan 117*) beat Netherlands 248 (de Leede 51, Fernando 3-39) by 195 runs
It took 10 years for a side to break this record. England trashed Pakistan in 2016 for 444/3 and in 2018 they broke their own record when they trashed Australia for 481 runs. Sri Lanka’s 443 sits in the third spot of highest ODI scores in history of cricket.